Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Berne Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
nickname =
motto =

imagesize =
image_caption =


image_

mapsize = 250x200px
map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Fairfield County.


mapsize1 =
map_caption1 =

subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Fairfield

government_footnotes =
government_type =
leader_title =
leader_name =
leader_title1 =
leader_name1 =
established_title =
established_date =

unit_pref = Imperial
area_footnotes =

area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 115.3
area_land_km2 = 115.0
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 44.5
area_land_sq_mi = 44.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 4969
population_density_km2 = 43.2
population_density_sq_mi = 111.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 238
elevation_ft = 781
latd = 39 |latm = 38 |lats = 58 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 33 |longs = 10 |longEW = W

postal_code_type =
postal_code =
area_code =
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-05956GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1086073GR|3
website =
footnotes =

Berne Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,969 people in the township, 4,521 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39045 Fairfield County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Pleasant Township - north
*Rush Creek Township - northeast
*Marion Township, Hocking County - southeast
*Good Hope Township, Hocking County - south
*Madison Township - southwest
*Hocking Township - west
*Greenfield Township - northwest corner

Two municipalities are located in Berne Township: part of the city of Lancaster, the county seat of Fairfield County, in the northwest; and the village of Sugar Grove in the south.

Name and history

It is the only Berne Township statewide, although there is a Bern Township in Athens County.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township clerk, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.fairfield.oh.us County website]